From abcnews.comThen Senator John Glenn with space suit as a member of the Space Shuttle Discovery in 1998. 36 years after his orbit around the Earth.

The space program are in mourning following the loss of an aeronautical legend. Former Astronaut and Senator John Glenn passed away after he was hospitalized for a stroke. He was part of Project Mercury along with 6 others:

Another sad day in the NFL as former Chicago Bear running back Rashaan Salaam was found dead in a park in Boulder, Colorado. The Colorado Buffalo alumni and the 1994 Heisman Trophy winner was drafted as a junior and played 3 seasons with the Bears before getting plagued by injuries. He was part of Browns roster but only for 2 games and attempted to make a comeback with the 49ers in 2003. Police reported that there was no signs of foul play.

The US Air Force have provided the family of Troy Gilbert a 3rd and final funeral as his body will be buried at Arlington National Cemetery.

It took 10 years for Ginger Gilbert-Ravella and their family to finally get closure. In 2006, US Air Force Major Troy Gilbert received a distress call from a helicopter that crashed in Iraq. Right after he took out an enemy truck, his F-16 Falcon flew so low, he could not pull his get up and crashed. The 1st funeral was held in 2006 when bone fragments were found on the crash site.

The 2nd was held in 2013 after the Jordanian Embassy in Baghdad received his toes. And this past August, a Warlord confirmed that he had his body for propaganda purposes.

Comedian Ricky Harris whose only popularity was in Everybody Hates Chris. Other credits include Moesha, The District, The Game along with rap work with Snoop Dogg, Ice Cube, and Chuck D. His breakthrough began with the hit film featuring Janet Jackson and the late Tupac Shakur film "Poetic Justice. Harris suffered a heart attack. He was 54.

Richard Adams (author of Watership Down) also passed on Christmas eve. I've just seen it announced today. At least he had a decent innings at 96, just a shame he won't get to see the new screen version of his book come to fruition.

(I really somebody is keeping David Attenborough in cotton wool and bubble wrap for the next few days!)

_________________There is no theory of evolution, just a list of animals that Chuck Norris allows to live.

_________________"Clark came through at the end of the first lap so far ahead that we in the pits were convinced that the rest of the field must have been wiped out in an accident."-Eddie Dennis, describing the dominance of Jim Clark in the Lotus 49 at Spa 1967

On the same day Zsa Zsa died, her adopted son Oliver Prinz von Anhalt (left in the photo with brother Marcus) was involved in a motorcycle accident after he was struck by a car in Los Angeles. He was placed on a coma before passing away on Christmas Day. Oliver was 45.

Tony-Award winning and successful voice actor George S. Irving. He was 94. He was very close to Debbie Reynolds because she starred the play "Irene". It is also Carrie Fisher's beginnings as an actress.